Bright Red

What are your firing conditions? Oxidation/Reduction, Cone?..... Do you want Target (store) red or earth red? I have only seen the bright primary type red with lowfire oxidation firings. I hate PDF files but here is a Duncan color guide.

Spectrum has some new reds - a Christmas red and a fire engine red. Both are excellent...HOWEVER I found that I needed to use an underglaze and then the cone 6 glaze to avoid patchiness...isn't it interesting that Spectrum makes matching underglazes?

It strikes me as a very good idea - especially if you want exceptionally clean and solid colors. One of our potters did underglazing on a piece that I thought was absolutely beautiful but that she was greatly disappointed in because the colors did not look completely pure and without variation. I bust my buns trying to get my glazes to not look flat and solid. Still... that candy apple red that they used to do on hot rods would work nicely on a pot.

Thanks again everyone. I want bright fire truck red for a dog dish and fire hydrant for the yard. The only glaze sold around here is duncan, so I guess I'll pick one of their red glazes.

For the dish I want to do the red glaze, then write the name with white decal letters and put puppy prints on with white decals, if I can find some.

*Catch you on the flipside*

Google image search is your friend

find one that you like, print it out in the size you want and trace it onto some clear or translucent plastic sheet, use a sharp knife to cut out the shape and - voila - you have a template! Marianne